Rothenberg Ventures was a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invested exclusively in early-stage (primarily Seed) frontier. See contact routes.
Rothenberg Ventures was a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invested exclusively in early-stage (primarily Seed) frontier technology startups, with a distinctive thesis centered on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) before expanding to AI, robotics, drones, space, and IoT. The firm typically deployed check sizes between $100,000 and $10 million, with most deals falling in the $1–5 million range, and supported founders through its proprietary River accelerator, the world's first dedicated to VR/AR. Notable portfolio companies included Robinhood, SpaceX, Matterport, AltspaceVR, and Andela, though the firm effectively collapsed in 2018 after its founder, Mike Rothenberg, was convicted of fraud and money laundering.
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